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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
THE COTTER CASE.
Statement of a Man After Thirteen
Years of Service.

"For thirteen years with one coucern.
That's pretty good record, isn't it.. There
is small army of men employed by the same
concern, and there is only one among them
who has been there longer than l have
The speaker was Mr.. George COtter, who has
been for thirteen years driver for Auerbach,
Finch & Van Slyck, OF st. Paul, and is well
known about that city.
But for a longer term thar thirteen years, -
Mr.. Cotter went on, Indeed for at least a
quarter of century, had suffered from
catarrh. Ny life of late years has been an
outdoor one and L suppose the exposure in.
creased my trouble But as l say for at least
twenty-five years my nose has been stopped
up, my head has felt heavy, with
A DULL PAIN
in the front part of it, l have been raising
thick Jumps OF mucuS and have known that
my trouble was catarrh. All / could do for
it was at best to relieve it a little temporarily.
I used u kind of snuff that would clear Ily
head out for a little while but soon it would
be stopped up again as bad, if not worse, than
ever
IF the last half dozen years." he added.
II hay felt the mucus and phlegm which /
raised dropping down i'll the back part of my
throat and into my stomach. My eyes became
watery and dim, and my hearing was some
what affected
besides this, about six or seven yeal ago
] had an attack of bronchitis and was sick in
bed for several weeks. After that l had a
bad cough every fall that lasted through the
winter. The least exposure would choke me
all up. had pains in my chest and a
KIND OF RAFTING
there. When I coughed 1 would raise
white, tough mucus that was hard to get up,
and sometimes had to vomit before raised
it. In fact had chronic bronchitis added to
my catarrh.''
ABOUT two months ago l went under the
treatment of DIR. Mccoy. In short time all
the symptoms of my catarrh passed away.
I have regained strength and appetite, and
feel well and hearty. I have no longer the
feeling of WEAKNESS and languor that 1 once
had. NV eyes run no longer, there is no
raising or dropping of mucus, and I cough
but very little. 1 feel like quite another
man."
Mr. Cotter is well known and his statement
could easily be verified.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
10 the Editor of the Globe.

Permit me through the columns Of the
Globe to make suggestion, that If fol-
lowed out. would be of great benefit to the
laborlng class and credit to Our prosperous
city. Let US build workingman's hall,
organize a society. sell its shares, buy a
suitable lot in a convenient part Of the city,
erect thereon q building say 50X75, three
stories high, rent first floor Tor stores. ETC.,
second floor for offices and use a part of
third for monthly meetings of the society.
Such an enterprise would be profitable in
veStment to the stockholders, if properly
managed. and give hall to the society
where meetings could be held to discuss
and review the rights of the worthy
sons of toll. All laboring men in the
city should interest themselves in such
a worthy cause, and the benefits
that would arise from such an institution
are too numerous to mention in this short
space. Suffice to say that at the monthly
meetings the rights. benefits. privileges
and welfare of the workingman could be
presented by men chosen for the occasion
by men drafted from the ranks of the
society. The Importance of securing homes
and how to secure them would be brought
out. The evils arising from the use and
abuse of alchol would be presented in a
philosophical and practical light. The folly
of extravaganza and waste of money and
time would be presented in a manner that
would arouse the feelings Of many. Hab-
its, customs and manners could be brought
UP for analysis. and, in fact, all the sub
lime and beautiful virtues of life
could be forcibly and effectively
presented at the meetings Of the
society. How to employ our hours Of
idlenesS would afford a topic for discussion
that might be protitably INDUCED in for
many evenings; also to rehearse the duties
of our own life, and do all that could be
done.to rid ourselves of the evils and mis-
cries that we are authors of and, in fact,
debate in concert all the noble attributes
that 20 to make good people better. Should
the Knights of Labor undertake this enter
prise [ feel assured that it would be a grand
success, and ere long the benefits derived
from temple erected for the sole purpose
of elevating and raising the standard of our
working people would be visible in every
home in the city. We have palatial resi-
dences on the hill, and we want more of
those happy homes. We have huts OH the
fats, and we want fewer of them. What
we do want is happy medium. We do
not want to tear down the mansions OF the
rich; we do want to build up and improve
the humble abode of the poor. A working
mans building will be one step in that
direction. Who will second the motion?
JAMES O'MEORA.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
Could NotHea

''Words spoken in ordinary conversation /
could hardly hear at all, much less understand
them.'
The speaker was Miss Mary Fahey, Of 243i
Lincoln street, formerly resident of Belle
Plain. MINI.
lit had been about three years. she con-
tinued, "that my hearing had been affected.
Before that for some years / had been trou-
bled with catarrh. 1 had had a discharge
from my nose, pains over my eyes, roaring
and bnzzing in my ears and an occasional
cough. l found that L caught cold We ry cas-
lily. And my head was stopped up when I
caught the slightest cold. l raised a great
deal of phlegm and my appetite, especially in
the morning, was poor"
''How was your hearing affected?''
''Well, began to notice that by my left
ear. / could hear very little. Then at differ
ent times 1 would have great deal of pain
there. The trouble in the ear grew worse
gradually, the hearing becoming more and
more impaired and the pain more intense.
About six weeks ago went to Dr. Mccoy,
who examined my ear and told me that nv
trouble was due to a poypus in the ear
caused by the catarrhal process. He re-
moved the polypus and placed me under
treatment fer catarrh. My hearing was com
pietely restored. The symptoms Of my ca
tarrh passed away gradually. and to-day l am
as well as 1 ever was in my life. I am no
longer troubled either by catarrh or deaf
ness"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
Bridge at Twentieth Avenue North.

It is believed the work will be completed by
Sept l, so that the bridge may be open fol
travel in season for the exposition.
THR NORTH SIDE BRIDGE
will span the river from Twentieth avenue
north to Thirteenth avenue northeast. Ii
will be a four-track bridge, Pratt through
truss, viz: In which the roadway runs
through the truSSes. as shown in the picture.
1t will consist of four spans of 200 feet each
and consequently have three piers and two
abutments. The roadway will be thirty
SIX feet and there will be two Sidewalks,
each six feet in the clear. From the char
acter of the river bed the piers will be set
on pile foundations, requiring 1000 lineal
feet of piling There will be l, 500 yards of
masonry and about $50 tons of iron used in
construction, besides 50, 600 feet of lumber
in the caissons and forty-five yards of gran
lite to support the truss ends. The river
banks are low at this point which accounts
for the comparatively small amount of
masonry. The bridge will cost about $780,
900 and will be completed before the end of
the year and possibly by Sept 1. 1t will be
a matter of qualification to people on both
sides of the river, who have long been
clamoring for it's construction.
THE BRIDGE AT FRANKLIN AVENUE
will be of still different design, will stand
high above the water, requiring 5000 yards
of masonry for the four piers and two
abutments. 1t will be a fve-span Pratt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
Bridge at Franklin Avenue.

truss deck bridge, with an eighteen-foot road
way and two siX-foot sidew alks. The
piers will rest on sand rock foundations,
the depth varying from twelve to sixteen
feet below the surface of the water Cot
fer dams will be used in their construction.
The bridge will cost SIP, 600 when COM
pleted, which will not be before Jan. 1,
AT present nearly all of the bridge builders
of the country have their hands full and
the contract for the superstructure has not
yet been let. The South side people are
extremely anxious for the speedy construc-
ton of this bridge and are so wrought up
over it that they made it an issue in the re-
cent campaign and elected its champions
with hurrah.
HOW A CAISSON IS SUNK.
Of the .hrong of people daily hurrying
over the suspension bridge thousands have
stopped to gaze at the huge wooden plat
form being constructed ON the ice below.
Most of them knew it was connected with
the pier of the steel arch bridge and some
were aware it was caisson, but few had
any fair idea of how caisson is sunk and
the pier constructed. Engineer Ripker
conducted the writer through the caisson
and explained its operation, which was
supplemented by drawings by R. A.
Smaller. of w. G. Coolidge & Co., of Chi
cago. the firm having the contract for build
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30

years. year or so I noticed I was losing
the sence of smell and in short time after ]
also had severe pains in my head over my eyes
and was troubled with spells of coughing and
had to stop work at different times. l could
not sleep, when would lay down to rest ]
would almost strangle. l found could not
breathe through my nose at all, it was COM
pletely stopped up. l WAS so bad that I would
have to sit up in my rocking chair to rest. !
was afraid to lay down. had read ofthe cases
Of Engineer Hayes and Fireman Lynch. |
was far worse than either of them and began
to give mp in despair. / could not eat, L was
afraid l would choke. I lost almost thirty
pounds in as many days and felt sure l was
going to die. one doctor told me that had
something growing in my nose, that he could
not cure, but might relieve. 1 was becoming
desperate and thought how hard it would be
for man apparently in good health to be
choked to death by a disease the doctors pro-
nounced incurable. / noticed Dr.. Mccoy
advertisement IN the papers and, after three
months more suffering because ! had spent
so much money and obtained no relief, con
Guided to try him.
"Did he afford you any relief?''
why, the second time [ visited his Office I
began to feel better: my appetite returned, ]
could lie down to sleep and when I arose /
felt refreshed. After was under his treat
ment about two weeks he performed a very
delicate operation, removing a great deal of
unhealthy mucus membrane and dead bone
from my nose. felt queer sensation and
found that | was breathing through my nose
for the first time for over year. l began to
get betterrapidly and to-day breathe through
my nose asewell as L ever did in ms life.''
Dir. Van Nicer resides on Joy avenue, near
the works where he has been employed for a
number Of years, and is well and favorably
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
A TEST TRIO.
Three Interesting Gases Of Note Dur
ing This Carnival
Time.
Some Experiments, the Results of Which
We're Even Beyond the An
ticipations.
An Interview With Mr.. Van Nicer
That Contains Much of I'm
y portance.
A Mistaken View That Led to I'm
necessary Despond-
ency.

In conversation with the writer, Mr.. Van
Nicer. Waterman at the linseed oil works on
Pickerel lake, St. Paul, said: ''Flaxseed it
is raised in large quantities in Minnesota and
Dakota. and shipped here by the carload. It
is first ground and then run through the
heater until it reaches u certain temperature
when 1t is formed into cakes. Twenty cakes
are then put into the presser and subjected
to 4,0e0-pound pressure for about ten min
utes. One bushel of seed will make about
two and one-half gallons of oil. We have
about twenty-five men employed. No, sir;
we do not use benzine at ali; it is used in
some factories, but we prefer to have our oil
pure
MIR. Van Nicer changed the subject and said
81 have been Waterman here for about five
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30

will soon receive her boilers and machinery.
and will make her first trip about the mid
die of next month. The size of her blades
are about one and one-half feet. and the
shaft has twenty-four inch stroke. Great
interest is taken in the invention, and its
success is hoped for by all steamship own
ers here, who are anxious to secure
an increase of speed and a reduction
of expense in the running of their craft.
The motion of steamer can easily be re-
versed, the opening and closing of the
propeller blades being regulated by simple
attachment in the rod enclosed in the shaft.
If the rudder be lost, the steamer can easily
be steered through the medium of the
shafts. All of these peculiar features of the
new system of propulsion have been fully
demonstrated by practical operation, a
small boat with wooden propeller blades
and shafts of the kind referred to having
made an unusually high rate of speed, the
machinery working to the entire satisfaction
of the inventor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
New Motor for steamships.

OdII TTuuCISCO OnrOUICIt.
AS great an improvement on the screw
propeller as the screw was on the old pad
die wheel Of Fulton is claimed to have
been made by local inventor named A. B
Smith, who has been for many years in the
pilot service of this coast To the end of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30

A plain cornstarch pudding may be made
Ainto much daintier dish by putting a dozen
or so macaroons into the serving dish just
before pouring the boiling pudding over it,
A frosting made Of the whiteseof two or
three eggs, with three tablespoonfnls of
sugar to each egg, and Whippedinto cream,
will add to- theiaste and appearance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
GLOOMY OUTLOOK.

Advance in the Price OF Stock Ia
other Burden on the COopers.
Northwestern Miller.
able to extricate themselves from the diff
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30

of Minneapolis between which tulnbles the
Mississippi river are now feeling strongly
the need of intimate connections. Before a
great while there will be a bridge at each
prominent street, which will mean about
thirty structures. though at present there
are already Including those now ordered)
eleven different bridges. ranging in cost
these structures will be erected the present
year, viz: the steel arch at Nicollet, the
truss at Twentieth avenue north and the
deck bridge at Franklin avenue. The
GLOBE artist yesterday visited the office of
City Engineer Rinker, and through his
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
MINNEAPOLIS KNIGHTS OF La
ROR

ESOR.
Some Knights of Labor manifest no little
impatience that any members of.the building
association should oppose the introduction of
the eight-hour system in the erection of the
K. of L. hall. They regard the argument
that only such trades as have established the
system should be given the benefit of it as
exceedingly narrow-minded and selfish.
However this may be, it is certainly proper
that the building should be in every respect
an eXemplification of the princi pies of the
order. There should be no disagreement on
this point.
EThe recent attempt to organize q sales
woman'S association in Minneapolis was
failure, because it was not made under proper
auspices. There is little doubt that before
many weeks an organization of the sort will
be made as an assembly of the knights of
Labor.
80
An evening paper which presumes to speak
for the Knights of Labor insists that it is not
political organization. Then why should its
name be constantly lugged into politics by
that paper? 1t is continually announcing
that the Knights will do this, and will not do
that, in regard to different political schemes
which the paper upholds or opposes, as the
case may be.
1t has been wisely decided not to close the
Exposition before Oct. 10. This will give the
delegates, numbering nearly 1000. to the
general assembly of the Knights Of Labor au
opportunity to inspect some of the trophies
OF industrial progress in the Northwest, and
carry back 10 their homes, scattered far and
wide over the United States and Canadas,
true impressions OF MinDesota's greatness.
-
Another pleasant feature of the meeting of
the general assembly will be the dedication of
the Knights of Labor hail. which it is hoped
will be practically completed by that time.
To have the exercises conducted by the gen.
eral master workman. T. V. Powderly, as
sisted by the most prominent men in the or
ganization, will be an event which should
waken no little pride and enthusiasm.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
ing and sinking the eaissop. The river

| ing and sinking the caisson. The river bed
at this point consists of sand rock, easily
disintegrated and therefore unsuitable for
piling, making it necessary to go
below the surface for a foundation.
This is accomplished by means of a cais-
son, now constructing. The caisson consists
of an inverted box, ia feet long, 90 feet
| wide and feet deep, built on the ice with
the bottom up. Foot square timbers are
] used in its construction, and 200,0 200 feet
| will be necessary. The bottom edges of the
caisson are beyeled'to a sharp edged and
heavily Shod with iron to cut its way down.
The sides fconsiSt of two timbers thick
ness and the top Of three, the whole being
firmly bolted together and secured by bands,
| then thoroughly caulked within and with
| out. When this is completed it is enclosed
on top by four sides, seven feet in height,
forming another box with the opening up
| ward, and making the entire caisson six
teen feet from top to bottom. the structure
| resting on beams supported on piles driven
OH the outside Of the caisson. 1t is now
| ready for
THE SINKING.
The supports are removed. the ice cut
| from beneath, and the caiSson lowered by
jacks. sinking in the water until sustained
by its natural buoyancy. The construction
Of the pier thus begins in the upper box, the
masonry resting on the three feet of timber
which compose the floor, beneath which is
the air chamber. Two thousand tons of
! masonry are put in. and the caiSson gradu-
ally forced down until the cutting edges
rest ON the sand stone. The water is about
ten feet deep at this point. Now begins
the work of cutting out the sand rock to
settle the caisson. Openings are cut down
/ through the floor of the caisson, to admit of
men and material, and are carefully
trapped. Compressed air is forced in until
there is a pressure of twelve or fifteen
pounds to the sQuareinch, which is sufficient
| to keep the water from working its way in
under the cutting edges of the caisson. The
silt and sand rock are dug out and removed
and masonry piled on above until the
caisson' has settled to the required depth,
which is sixteen feet below the bed of the
river. having penetrated through ten feet of
silt and six feet of sand rock. The chamber
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
A CITY OF BRIDGES.
Minneapolis Will Soon Claim That Title
if the Present Bridge Furor
Keeps Up.
The Three New Structures That Will
Span the River at the Flour
City This Year.
The Difficult Engineering Feat of
Sinking a Ca1sson and Making
Pier Foundation.
Eleven Bridges Now Cross the River
at Minneapolis and More
to Follow.

: EOPLE are won
n dering how long it
81 will be, under pres
81 ent conditions, be-
y fore Minneap oil S
may very appropri-
ately be called the
City Of rid g IS.
When a large city
grows up on both sides
of a not too large
river. bridges become
nearly as much of a
necessity as sewers,
IL 49, 14.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30

a minneapolis Man Who Thinks
Christians Should Follow Christ.
To the Editor of the Globe.
, 1887-06-18

In the winter of 1856 l heard a lecture
delivered by Horace Greeley in Brooklyn.
His subject was France" Solemn and
weird were his prophecies that night. All
else, save a general impression of his Ice
ture, has pissed from my memory, but
one thing stands out i'll boldest relief, and
that is his description of how Louis Ma
poleon accomplished the coup d'etat and
the prophecy which MIR. Greeley made. 1t
was near the end of his discourse. In his
calm style the orator, speaking of that
u~surpation, accomplished in treachery
and blood, seemed to have become elevated
like q seer, n he said: ga day is coming
when, as sure as there is a God in heaven,
Napoleon Ill will pay the penalty for hay
ing outraged moral mt civil law" And
(here Greeley raised his voice., ''Thou,
Eugene, beautiful queen Of power and Of
fashion, when that day does arrive thou
wilt have thy share in the penalty"
1 think that 1 never heard anything half
SO weird, half so startling. The audience,
which had given good attention hitherto,
was now simply spell bound. Greeley then
e on and gave his reasons for including
the empress in the future retribution.
He said that it vas a notorious fact TINT
after Louis Napoleon had treacherously
and murderously stifled the second French
republic, the first person who wrote him
a co~ngratulatory and approving letter was
Mile. In Comtesse de Montijo, who became
the Empress Eugenie.-J. @. Fletcher in
New York Graphic
, 1887-06-18

The difference In the habits of English
a'ri American church goers receives fresh
I'9 ion from a table recently pub
Lshe,t. which incidentally presents sta
tistics Of the attendance at morning and
evening service in about a dozen i'm
portant London parish churches. In
many parts of this country, among which
we should say the city Of New York may
be included, the question of ''the second
service has become a grave one, the
people seeming to be satisfied with attend
ance at the principal service at half past
ten or eleven o'clock in the morning.
What to do about the evening service is
a matter of constant study among clergy
men of many different denominations, as
appears from frequent inquiries and hints
and suggestions on the subject in the re-
liSious newspapers. Many devices arc
proposed for attracting evening congrega-
tons: ermon on ''topics of the time"
short sermons, or the opposite plan of
saving the longer and more elaborate SER
mons until the evening, services of
song, " making the seats free in the even
ing-all sorts of plans arc proposed so
profusely that the difficulty must be per-
sistsnt and widespread.
We have computed from the English
table the total attendance on morning and
evening service at the churches named,
and we find the average whole number
present in these London churches at the
main morning service to be 2, $50 PERSONS,
but at the evening service the average
total attendance is 0,600, or an excess of
quite % per cent. Nor is this excess
owing to n or two instances, depending
perhaps on special circumstances; it pre-
walls regularly throughout the list, with
the single exception of a church which
returns the same total of morning and
evening attendance. The table is not
constructed to show this comparison; its
purpose would be unaffected if the pro
portions were reversed; so that the results
which it yields touching morning and
evening church going are not to be sus-
pected rs arising from arbitrary selection
OF cases made to prove a point, but may
be taken as fairly representative Of Lon
don custom. York Evening Post.